Realism, Marxism, Socialism, all these use a term ‘state’ while laying down their rules. As these theories and concepts are related to the governmental territories and international relations, they use this term more often to represent the governmental bodies which rule a specific group of people living in a specific piece of land marked by artificial boundaries. Realism, for instance, states that state is the most important and anything can be done for its benefit and existence. The individuals living in that state are never the first priority.
Marxism also, criticizing capitalism, states that all power should rest with the state and the state should provide the public with all the necessities. That means that the power of public gets minimized and transferred to the government which will make government more powerful and hence more influential on the lives of the public.
But what is this thing ‘state’? Is it an entity? No! There are people governing as governmental bodies behind the name ‘state’. It is the government, intelligence agencies and other social bodies which collectively represent the word ‘state’. State, is nothing by its own. It is the collective system of a group of people living in a specific land, governed by a central authority. And this whole system is represented, ruled and influenced by a small group of people belonging to the government and agencies. Anything labeled as “for the benefit of the state” is actually for the benefit of those specific people running government. The governmental class maximizes its own power and influence, by eliminating obstacles in its way and call it “for the benefit of the state”.
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